Should People Have to Take a Test to Own a Pet?

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OK,† I know this sounds harsh, but should pet owners be allowed to own a pet without taking a written test first? The inner veterinarian in me often thinks, no!

A few weeks ago, Shalanon Brooks left her “support dog” in a locked car while she casually attended the Six Flags Magic Mountain park. Rumor is that the zipper on her dog carrier bag was broken, so Ms. Brooks elected to leave her dog, Malibu, in the car instead. (This, to me, is abuse of a “support” dog, but thatís a whole other blog!) While Ms. Brooks left food and water in the car, she only left the windows “cracked” open during an 80įF day.

Thankfully, the security personnel and staff from Six Flags found the dog, and thought Malibu looked visibly overheated. So, kudos to Six Flags for taking the initiative to rescue Malibu from the hot car and taking Malibu back to the parkís kennel area to cool down and hydrate. The bad news? Malibu recovered well enough to escape from Six Flags, only to be lost for several days.

But donít despair: A few days later, Brooks tweeted that her dog had been found and was returned to her.

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A test ,yes, also if technology can come about something placed on animal that can trigger someone who means to do harm like a chip that can read DNA and find out that person is an abuser of animals or children, criminal of any sorts this can give an animal an edge to get away or alert a caring body to help protect it from a perpetrator something has to be invented to give the edge for the animal to not be so easily captured abused tortured etc. Hey scientists can you come up with something?????

TOO MANY PEOPLE get a pet, without thinking about what it needs are-food, bedding, exercise, size on maturity, possible medical ailments specific to that animal/breed. also, they often have no thought about what happens if... and if they could still own and look after the pet properly.

EVERYONE should have to prove they know enough about what the needs of the pet is, especially if getting it from a 'baby' so how much food it'll eat and how big it'll be when it's mature, it's correct weight and size and to have time to exercise it. if people can't pass the test, then they don't qualify to look after said animal. that way, a lot of pets won't be under/over weight, restless due to no exercise, have correct size beds, have proper food that is nutritious and neighbours won't have a reason to complain as a starting off point